Public Holidays 2025: Government has announced several days of public holidays in 2025 in which all government offices, schools, colleges, banks will remain closed.
Public Holidays 2025: Karnataka government has announced a calendar outlining both general holidays and restricted holidays for state government employees in the new year 2025. These dates include several major festivals and national celebrations of India, ensuring ample opportunity for rest and relaxation.
Notably, these holidays will be observed by banks, post offices and all state government administrative offices in Karnataka. There will be five mandatory holidays, which include Republic Day (January 26), May Day (May 1), Independence Day (August 15), Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), Rajyotsava Day (November 1).
Karnataka Public Holidays 2025
There is a public holiday on Makar Sankranti on January 14. This time Republic Day is on Sunday. In February, there is a holiday on the occasion of Mahashivratri on February 26 and Khutab-e-Ranjan on March 31. There will be four public holidays in April: Mahavir Jayanti on April 10, Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, Good Friday on April 18 and Basava Jayanti on April 30. There will be a holiday on May Day on May 1 and Bakrid on June 7. There is a national holiday on Independence Day on August 15. There is a holiday on Ganesh Chaturthi on August 17. 1
October is a particularly busy month for festivities, with Mahanavami, Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti on October 20 (Narak Chaturdashi) and Diwali celebrations from October 22 (Balipadyami). Karnataka Rajyotsava on November 1 and Christmas on December 25 mark the end of the year.
Karnataka public holiday list 2025
| Date | Day | Holidays | |
| 1 | 14-Jan | Tue | Makara Sankranti |
| 2 | 26-Feb | Wednesday | Maha Shivaratri |
| 3 | 31-Mar | Monday | Qutub-e-Ramzan |
| 4 | 10-Apr | Thursday | Mahaveer Jayanti |
| 5 | 14-Apr | MOnday | Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi |
| 6 | 18-Apr | Friday | Good Friday |
| 7 | 30-Apr | Wed | Basava Jayanti |
| 8 | 1-May | Thursday | May Day |
| 9 | 1-Jun | Saturday | Bakrid |
| 10 | 15-Aug | Friday | Independence Day |
| 11 | 27-Aug | Wednesday | Ganesh Chaturth |
| 12 | 5-Sep | Friday | Id-Meelad |
| 13 | 1-Oct | Wednesday | Ayudha Puja/ Mahanavami |
| 14 | 2-Oct | Thursday | Gandhi Jayanthi/ VijayaDashami |
| 15 | 7-Oct | Tuesday | Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti |
| 16 | 20-Oct | Monday | Naraka Chaturdashi |
| 17 | 22-Oct | Wednesday | Balipadyami |
| 18 | 1-Nov | Saturday | Rajyotsava Day |
| 19 | 25-Dec | Thursday | Christmas |
Karnataka restricted holiday list 2025
| Restricted Holidays | |||
| 1 | 1-Jan | Wednesday | New Year |
| 2 | 6-Feb | Thursday | Sri Madvanavami |
| 3 | 14-Feb | Friday | Shab-e-Barath |
| 4 | 13-Mar | Thursday | Holi Festival |
| 5 | 28-Mar | Thursday | Shab-e-Qadar |
| 6 | 27-Mar | Friday | Jumat-Ul-Wida |
| 7 | 2-Apr | Wednesday | Devara Daseemaiah Jayanthi |
| 8 | 19-Apr | Saturday | Holy Saturday |
| 9 | 2-May | Friday | Sri Shankar ay achary a Jayanthi, Sri Ramanr; u.n*yu luy*tf,i |
| 10 | 12-May | Monday | Buddha Poomima |
| 11 | 8-Aug | Friday | Varamahalakshmi Vrata |
| 12 | 16-Aug | Saturday | Sri Krishna Janmashtam |
| 13 | 26-Aug | Tuesday | Swarna Gowri Vrata |
| 14 | 6-Sep | Saturday | Ananta Padmanabha Vrata |
| 15 | 8-Sep | MOnday | Kanya Mariyamma Jayanthi |
| 16 | 17-Sep | Wednesdav | Vishwakarma Jayanthi |
| 17 | 18-Oct | Saturdav | Tula Sankramana |
| 18 | 5-Nov | Wednesday | Guru Nanak Jayanthi |
| 19 | 5-Dec | Friday | Huttari Festival |
| 20 | 24-Dec | Wednesday | Christmas Eve |
